Plaster cleaner



E. GOLDEN PLASTER GLANER Filed May 5lI 1927 Oct. 11a

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UNITED vSTA'IILS ELLIOTT-.GOLDEN, 0F MOBILE, ALABAMA.

PLASTER CLEANER.

Application filed May 31, V1927'. `Serial No. 195,421.

My invention relates to improvements in cleaners of that type, which are made of sponge or other material capable of carrying a great deal more water after being immersed than the ordinary cleaners made of bristles or textile materials.

Such cleaners are especially desirable for use by plasterers for cleaning walls or paint work of any kind, either of houses or automobiles or for other purposesfwhere it is desired ,to supply plenty of moisture and not to scratch the surface of the paint or of the wall. n

VFor constructing cleaners of this kind, strips of sponge have been found especially desirable, but these strips are apt to wear out quickly or tear apart, and for that reason, such cleaner-shave been usually found un- `f-,atisfactory.

According to ,my present invention, I provide a cleaner built up in part `of strips of sponge, which strips include on their interior a frame, which frame. may be removed or partially removed, as the cleaner wears, so that the life of the cleaner is materially increased and at the same time the special advantages of the sponge construction are secured. y

My invention will be more clearly understood after reference to the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are indicated by similar reference symbols throughout ythe several views, and in which:

Figure l is a front view of a cleaner constructed according to my invention, parts being broken away;

Figure 2 shows a section along the line 2 2 of Fig. l, and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 3 shows a section alongthe line 3&3 of Figure 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows, parts being shown in elevation;

Figure 4 shows a section along the line 4-4 of Fig. l and looking down; and

Figure 5 shows a section along the line 5 5 of Fig. l, and looking down.

A represents the cleaner head, which is provided with the usual handle A', this cleaner head being preferably made of wood in the form of a T. This cleaner head is provided with a series of sockets a, in which the wooden pegs B are inserted, the said pegs fitting snugly in said sockets. The lower ends of these pegs are preferably tav pered as at b, so as to permit the pegs to These wires, with the wooden pegs B, formk the strips of sponge, as shown most clearly in Fig. 5. The .upper ends C0 of the sponge strips are compressed between two clamp F `l F/ ih' l b pieces J anc u ici may e made of wood or other vsuitable material, fastened together by nails F, which nails pass through a skeleton Afrarne embedded in the body of the sponge head and attach it to the clamp pieces, pieces are themselves attached to the cleaner head A Iy a suitable fastening strip G of metal or other suitable material, lby means of the nails H. Thus, the sponge body of the cleaner is securely attached to the cleaner head.

In use, the bottom of the cleaner will wear away, until the lower wire D3 is reached, and then this wire may be withdrawn, and the cleaner' used until the points b of the pegs B can be felt. y

Then, the ends of the pegs B are thrust through the sponge at the bottom of the cleaner and the ends of these pegs are cut off and the cleaner used until the wires D2 and D3 are reached, and then these wires may be removed and the pegs still further cut off until finally the wire D is reached, and there is very little of the cleaner body left. Thus, the pegs and the wires form a stiffening frame, which holds the parts of the sponge together and permits the cleaner to be used until the sponge body is worn out almost to the clamp pieces E and E. Then, another cleaner body may be applied to the same cleaner head, or a completely new brush may be substituted for the old, as desired.

Vhile I have shown the preferred arrangement of pegs and holding wires constituting a frame masked beneath the surface of the sponge and consequently not apt to scratch the surface to which the cleaner is being applied, I do not mean to limit the invention t0 this particular form of masked .as shown in Fig. 4, and the clamp n frame, as various changes in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts might be used, if desired, but what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. As an article of manufacture, a cleaner comprising a T shaped head provided with a handle and with sockets, wooden pegs secured in said sockets and projecting downwardly 'from said head, downwardly pro-1 jecting strips of sponge secured to said head and normally embedding said pegs, and; metal wires rove through said strips of sponge transverse to said pegs, said wires having their ends bent to engage said strips, the said wires and pegs forming an adjust.- able covered frame for said sponge strips, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. As an article of manufacture, a cleaner Comprising a T shaped head'provided with a handle and with sockets, tapered wooden pegs secured in said sockets and having their pointed ends projecting downwardly from said head, downwardly projecting strips of sponge secured to said head and normally embedding said pegs and metal wires rove through said strips of sponge transverse to said pegs, said wires having their ends bent to engage said strips, the said wires and pegs forming an adjustable covered frame 'for said sponge strips, substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. As an article of manufacture, a cleaner comprising a T shaped head provided with a handle and with sockets, wooden pegs secured in said sockets and projecting downwardly from said head, downwardly projecting strips of sponge normally embedding said pegs, clamp pieces compressing and holding the upper ends of said sponge strips, means for securing said clamp pieces to said head, and metal wires rove through said strips ot sponge transverse to said pegs, said wires having their ends bent to engage said strips, the said wires and pegs forming an adjustable covered frame for said sponge strips, substantially as and for the purposes described.

1i. As an article of manufacture, a cleaner comprising a T shaped head provided with a handle and with sockets, wooden pegs secured in said sockets and projecting downwardly from said head, downwardly roj ecting strips of sponge normally embedc ing said pegs, clamp pieces compressing and holding the upper ends of said sponge strips, means for securing said clamp pieces to said head, and metal wires rove through said strips of sponge transverse to said pegs, said wires having their ends embedded in said strips, the said wires and pegs forming an adjustable covered frame for said sponge strips, substantially as and for the purposes described.

ELLIOTT GOLDEN. 

